Teresa+Causey


 * SUMMARY: Teresa Causey, age 17, bled to death on December 3, 1988 after an abortion performed by Joe McDaniel in Macon, GA. **

Teresa Ann Causey clutched her mother's hand during her [|safe and legal abortion] by Joe Wesley McDaniel on December 3, 1988. Her mother later said that 17-year-old Teresa's last words were, "Oh, mama, mama, it hurts so much!" Then she lost consciousness on the abortion table.

When McDaniel was unable to awaken her, he tried smelling salts, slapped her face, then tried to reach another doctor before finally calling an ambulance.

 Teresa had two perforations of her uterus and two lacerated veins. She died of massive [|hemorrhage] the day of her abortion.

An investigation found that McDaniel had been operating in an unlicensed facility, and that he had broken the law requiring abortions after 13 weeks be done in a hospital; Teresa had been 15 weeks pregnant with a little boy.

No charges were pressed against McDaniel for Teresa's death, the illegal abortion, or the unlicensed facility. Teresa left behind two children.

Sources:
 * Macon Telegraph and News 12-5-88;
 * Associated Press 12-5-88, 1-26-89, 11-2-89
 * "Macon doctor not charged in teen death," Marietta (GA) Journal, Jan. 27, 1989